This Saturday night got a little crazy and wild with these breakfast cookies. I’m talking, mashed bananas off the hizzle, chia seeds like WOAH, and raspberry jam’ming all night to the sound of the raging party happening next door. I know, I know. Christine, you need to calm down a little.
These are the latest creation to come out of my college kitchen and are born from a situation I find myself in pretty often. Imagine this scenario: you wake up after a long exhausting night of sleeping, stumble to the kitchen in a hunger-induced stupor, and start the coffee pot. Then, you’re hit by a wave of NEED-TO-EAT-NOW emotions. What should you do?! Well, if you were smart, you would have baked up a batch of these super easy and nutritious raspberry thumbprint breakfast cookies and VOILA! The perfect “treat” to help satisfy that morning sweet tooth.
These babies are made healthy with the use of a combination of whole wheat flour and oats as the base, a super ripe banana and egg to hold everything together, a pat of tart raspberry jam, and river drizzle of peanut butter. I add in just a teeny tiny but of light brown sugar to up the sweetness a bit, but other than that, all the sugar in these cookies are natural!
One thing to keep in mind (as with all healthified recipes) is that this recipe is by no means your standard bakery-style chocolate chip. It’s not loaded with butter and fat and sugar and subsequently will not taste like one of those decadent desserts, but rather is a filling, slightly sweet, and packed with lots of healthy goodness. If you’re someone who likes to eat a cookie-a-day (like me), these cookies are a great substitute to have your cookies and eat em too!
*Recipe inspired from Oh She Glows
These look totally adorable, Christine. And egg-free at that? Sign me up! I’m not even a real cookie person to begin with – I know, I know, but there’s always chocolate around 😉 – but I can see how these would change my thoughts.
*drooooooool* and a good morning to ME! Haha I totally just ate a delicious waffle but holy smokes, I need this like rightnow.
Glad it’s not just me who has cookie cravings pretty much 24/7! (Well, maybe slightly less than 24 since I do sleep…on occasion….but I’ve been known to have cookie dreams, too :))
These look incredibly good! Love the PB & J combo
If it involves breakfast or cookies (preferably both), you can ALWAYS count me in. As someone who is willing to eat cookies 24/7, this post is already bookmarked!!
Healthy or not, they sound pretty fantastic to me. It doesn’t hurt raspberries are my favorite fruit.
These sound like peanut butter and jelly in a cookie. I’ll take it. I am definitely one of those cookie-a-day (or three) people, and when I get back to my house, I am definitely going to be trying out some of your recipes!
You know what’s crazy? The older I get, the more I prefer these kind of healthier breakfast cookies over the rich and indulgent bakery style types. There’s something about the heartier, chewier texture that just gets me, so obviously these look like perfection <3
Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, I am always so excited to wake up knowing I will have something delicious to eat. These cookies would definitely get me out of the bed faster, they look super yummy with all that peanut butter and raspberries on top!